Overview
- Badal, identified by police as the prime shooter in the November 15 killing of RSS volunteer Naveen Arora, was arrested Wednesday and taken early Thursday to Mamu Joya village for weapon recovery.
- Two accomplices opened fire from the cremation ground, injuring Head Constable Balaur Singh, as police returned fire; Badal was rushed to Fazilka Civil Hospital and was declared dead around 7 am.
- The gunmen fled under cover of darkness and fog, leaving behind an unlicensed .30-bore and a .32-bore pistol that investigators say were used in the attack.
- Police say Naveen Arora, 32, was shot by two motorcycle-borne assailants near a dargah in Ferozepur on November 15 in what they describe as a targeted killing.
- Earlier arrests include alleged mastermind Gursimran Singh alias Jatin Kali and accused Kannav and Harsh, as investigators probe a coordinated plot with a possible foreign handler and a ₹60,000 UPI transfer; the motive has not been publicly disclosed.